tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post7696422202718340756..comments2024-03-28T16:48:18.088+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which petulant Peta explains to the pond scientific fact, or not ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-2936161723511065762017-06-18T14:49:06.124+10:002017-06-18T14:49:06.124+10:00Aaargh, I reckon I was infected by the Bookworm vi...Aaargh, I reckon I was infected by the Bookworm virus back in High School ... err, sorry, Secondary College, days when on a strange whim I paid over my 3 shillings and nine pence (earned on morning paper rounds - I even delivered the Argus for a couple of years) for the Penguin paperback edition of Robert H Thouless' 'Straight and Crooked Thinking'[1] to which my psychic immune system had no defence.<br /><br />[1] I still have it on my bookshelf - that's how virulently persistent that virus is ! Don't make my mistake, folks.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-59511945367926600972017-06-18T09:36:39.948+10:002017-06-18T09:36:39.948+10:00Ah GB, the pond sees you've decided to attempt...Ah GB, the pond sees you've decided to attempt a rational, considered discussion with Peta. That way lies madness, and the pond must counsel against it. Embrace the irrational, become infatuated with irrelevant comparisons, and enjoy the scientific facts, or not ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-90515308702192242502017-06-18T09:28:26.759+10:002017-06-18T09:28:26.759+10:00Is it just me, or are the Petulant Pet's "...Is it just me, or are the Petulant Pet's "big little lies" getting more and more hysterical by the day ?<br /><br />I did like this one: "<i>Right now China's emissions are 20 times those of Australia</i> [yeah, and "right now", China's population is 58 times that of Australia] <i>and even if they meet their Paris Agreement commitments, by 2030, China's emissions will be 50-60 times ours</i>."<br /><br />By 2030, Australia's population is projected to be 28.68 million [it's all those refugees and immigrants, you know] and China's is projected to be 1403 million: 1403/28.68 = 48.9 - a significant relative decrease on today's 58:1 - but somehow, according to the Pet Pet, <b>China's emissions will supposedly increase by 2.5 to 3 times by then so that China's emissions per capita finally catches up with Australia's</b>.<br /><br />Does that sound like <i>scientific fact or not</i> to you ?GrueBleennoreply@blogger.com